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Officers, executive committee and board members were named during the 68th annual meeting of the American Crop Protection Association (ACPA), Washington, D.C., in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. At the meeting, the ACPA board of directors unanimously recommended that membership approve changing the association's name to CropLife America. …

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